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Barely 24 hours after LaMelo Ball’s play on Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, the NBA handed out its discipline for the act.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026 -
To that end, Vancouver handed out nearly $200 million in total contractual commitments to veteran players like Brock Boeser, Kevin Lankinen, Thatcher Demko, Marcus Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Conor Garland between January and July 2025.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Make sure to have all of your ingredients prepped, measured, and ready to go.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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His life was not measured in years, but in love, sacrifice, and purpose.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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The honors will be doled out at a gala on June 28.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Enormous signing bonuses were doled out to secure the services of superstar golfers Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Rahm.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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In this game, a Proposer is given a sum of money and invited to choose in what proportion to split it with a Receiver.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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What is the fairest way to split the cash?—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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Ernesto was an activist who dispensed food and medicine in Salvadoran refugee camps.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The need for the list took on new urgency in 2012, when more than 60 people died from fungal meningitis infections contracted from a drug produced at a compounding facility and dispensed to hundreds of people.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
3 Apr. 2026
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The accelerator, funded by the Japan Creator Support Fund under the Agency for Cultural Affairs and administered by Japan Arts Council, ran a lab of 14 fellows with international mentors before selecting five projects for a dedicated industry showcase.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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In 1943, the United States government administered a questionnaire to people of Japanese descent who had been confined to wartime concentration camps in California, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The incursion was the first time Russian territory was occupied by an invader since World War II and dealt a humiliating blow to the Kremlin.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Conine, the son of former Marlins legend Jeff Conine, was dealt to the Marlins as the player to be named later in Toronto’s August 2020 trade for Jonathan Villar.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Shared (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shared%20%28out%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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